MARVEL COMICS: August 2007 Collected Editions Solicits MONTHLY COMICS OF INTEREST CIVIL WAR CHRONICLES #2 Penciled by RON GARNEY & STEVE MCNIVEN Cover by RON GARNEY Experience CIVIL WAR and it's major tie-ins from AMAZING SPIDER-MAN, FANTASTIC FOUR, FRONT LINE and more in chronological order! The landscape of the Marvel Universe is changing, and it's time to choose: Whose side are you on? Peter Parker makes the most important decision of his life. As the sides square off for the looming Civil War, he'll have to live with it. Now the big question is, what will this decision cost him? This issue reprints CIVIL WAR #2 and AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #532 AND 533. 72 PGS./Rated T+...$4.99 * * * AVENGERS CLASSIC #3 Written by DWAYNE MCDUFFIE Painted by MICHAEL AVON OEMING Cover by ARTHUR ADAMS HULK versus AVENGERS! For the very first time from Avengers #3! Plus, an all new Avengers tale - Iron Man unveils his awesome red and gold armor! 32 PGS./Rated A...$2.99 * * * THE LAST FANTASTIC FOUR STORY Written by STAN LEE Pencils and Cover by JOHN ROMITA JR. Legendary writer and Fantastic Four co-creator Stan Lee unites with artist John Romita Jr. to tell his final story of the team that started the Marvel age! 64 PGS./Rated A...$4.99 MASTERWORKS MARVEL MASTERWORKS: CAPTAIN MARVEL VOL. 2 HC Written by ROY THOMAS, GARY FRIEDRICH, ARNOLD DRAKE & ARCHIE GOODWIN Penciled by GIL KANE, DON HECK, DICK AYERS, JOHN BUSCEMA, GENE COLAN, TOM SUTTON & FRANK SPRINGER Get ready for the trip of a lifetime with another all-out cosmic classic Captain Marvel Masterworks! The space-born hero, Mar-Vell's continuing battle against the vicious Kree Col. Yon-Rogg continues this second sensational volume. But Yon-Rogg's attempts to destroy the good Captain only send him to higher levels of power and consciousness - and to the great Zo - in one of the most psychedelic happenings four colors can capture! But the true transformation comes when the titanic team of writer Roy Thomas and artist Gil Kane combine to take the man long torn between two planets and two loves, and tear him between two people! You'll see the truly cosmic Captain don the Nega-Bands that bond him to Rick Jones for the first time in one of Mar-Vell, and Marvel's, greatest moments! Guest-starring Black Widow, Captain America and the Incredible Hulk! Collecting CAPTAIN MARVEL #10-21 272 PGS./Rated A...$54.99 VARIANT EDITION: 272 PGS./Rated A $54.99 * * * MARVEL MASTERWORKS: GOLDEN AGE SUB-MARINER VOL. 2 HC By BILL EVERETT, CARL PFEUFER, AL GABRIELE, KERMIT JAEDIKER, GUSTAV SCHROTTER, MICKEY SPILLANE, ART GATES & RAY HOULIHAN Cover by ALEX SCHOMBURG Get ready for more and more unusual, exciting, different and terrific adventures on land, in air and on sea! Tales of action, mystery and thrills with death and danger on every page. Marvel proudly presents more Golden Age goodness, collecting issues #5-8 of SUB-MARINER COMICS from 1942. Sub-Mariner faces off against "Piracy at the Ocean's Bottom." "Smashes an Uprising at Manilla,"and "Fights the Periscope Peril" in more wartime action while the Angel tackles a "Genius for Murder" and "The Firing Squad!" Plus, "Pop's Whoppers" and "Tubby and Tack." This hardcover collection remasters and restores these early adventures, some reprinted for the very first time! 280 PGS./All Ages...$59.99 VARIANT EDITION: 280 PGS./Rated A $59.99 OVERSIZED HARDCOVERS AMAZING FANTASY OMNIBUS HC Written by STAN LEE Penciled by STEVE DITKO, JACK KIRBY, DON HECK & PAUL REINMAN Across six issues of truly amazing adventures, Lee, Kirby, and Ditko dreamed up a cadre of ten-story tall menaces from Torr to Manoo to the one and only Monsteroso to trash unwitting Earthlings on a month-in and month-out basis. Backed up by weird tales of wax museums, witchcraft, Martians, and the occult master who set the trenchcoat trend in comics, Dr. Druid, it seemed these titanic tales could never be topped. And then Stan Lee and Steve Ditko did just that by launching "The Magazine That Respects Your Intelligence!" An all-new approach for the young comics sophisticate, Amazing Adult Fantasy presented Twilight Zone-tinged tales of otherworldly aliens, time travel, ghosts, atomic nightmares, and maybe even the secret of the universe itself. With story after lushly-illustrated story, Ditko set a new standard for comic book illustration, and Lee raised the bar ever higher with his scintillating scripts. And, oh, in the last issue they created some guy named "Spider-Man." Collecting this lynchpin series of Marvel Comics' history for the first time ever, the Amazing Fantasy Omnibus puts AMAZING ADVENTURES #1-6, AMAZING ADULT FANTASY #7-14 and AMAZING FANTASY #15 between two hardcovers 45 years in the making. 416 PGS./All Ages...$74.99 * * * X-MEN: SUPERNOVAS HC Written by MIKE CAREY Penciled by CHRIS BACHALO Mike Carey (Ultimate Fantastic Four) and Chris Bachalo (Uncanny X-Men) take over X-Men, or at least what's left of them! As old threats are still having their effects, new, more deadly threats emerge from the unlikeliest of places. Threats that spell doom for the X-Men. Plus: What could possibly strike terror into the heart of...Sabretooth?! And who are the Children of the Vault? This is the book you've been waiting for! A perfect starting point for any new reader! Collecting X-MEN #188-199 and ANNUAL #1. 328 PGS./Rated A...$34.99 * * * AVENGERS: EARTH'S MIGHTIEST HEROES II HC Written by Joe Casey Penciled by WILLIAM ROSADO Cover by Scott Kolins Goliath! The Wasp! Hawkeye! The Black Panther! The Vision! They are...Earth's Mightiest Heroes?! A second look into the history of the Avengers begins as a new team rises to supplant the original legends -- and these members must prove their worth all over again. Can Goliath withstand the pressures of leadership? Can the Black Panther reconcile his duties as both king and Avenger? Can Hawkeye survive his own dysfunctional love life? And will the public ever accept the Vision as a hero? An all-new, previously untold adventure featuring the mostly unlikely Avengers lineup of all! Collecting AVENGERS: EARTH'S MIGHTIEST HEROES II #1-8. 192 PGS./Rated A...$24.99 PREMIERE EDITION HARDCOVERS NEW AVENGERS VOL. 6: REVOLUTION PREMIERE HC Written by BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS Penciled by ALEX MALEEV & LEINIL YU The New Avengers versus the Hand!! AND the New Avengers versus the Mighty Avengers!! AND the identity of the new Ronin revealed!! Who is the new mystery player in the New Avengers? Find out here!! Guest-starring the Mighty Avengers and... wait for it... BROTHER VOODOO!! Plus: The story Avengers fans have been waiting for. The shocking return of Hawkeye and the Scarlet Witch. That's right, Hawkeye AND the Scarlet Witch!! Collecting NEW AVENGERS #26-31. 144 PGS./Rated A...$19.99 * * * newuniversal VOL. 1: EVERYTHING WENT WHITE PREMIERE HC Written by WARREN ELLIS Penciled by SALVADOR LARROCA Planet Earth. Inhabited by six billion people. People leading ordinary lives, coping with everyday struggles. But on a night like any other, the Earth is rocked by the most startling celestial event ever witnessed by the human race. The White Event. And from its wake, a handful of humans emerge as something more. Acclaimed writer Warren Ellis (Nextwave: Agents of H.A.T.E.) and superstar artist Salvador Larroca (X-Men) bring you this new universe -- a universe witnessing superhuman power for the first time. Collecting NEWUNIVERSAL #1-6. 144 PGS./Rated T+...$19.99 * * * WOLVERINE: ORIGINS VOL. 3 - SWIFT AND TERRIBLE PREMIERE HC Written by DANIEL WAY Penciled by STEVE DILLON Cover by MARKO DJURDJEVIC Having finally seen his face, Wolverine sets out to rescue his son from the grasp of the shadow society that once enslaved him. But Logan's son doesn't want to be saved -- he wants revenge...against Logan, the father who abandoned him. Collecting WOLVERINE: ORIGINS #11-15. 120 PGS./Parental Advisory...$19.99 MARVEL DIGESTS MARVEL ADVENTURES FANTASTIC FOUR VOL. 6 MONSTERS AND MYSTERIES DIGEST Written by FRED VAN LENTE Penciled by CLAY MANN Cover by CARLO PAGULAYAN All adventure, all action, for all ages! Join Mr. Fantastic, the Invisible Woman, the Human Torch and the Thing for a wild ride of all-new, unforgettable exploits. Featuring the Mole Man, the Skrulls, Rama-Tut and the Sub-Mariner! Collecting MARVEL ADVENTURES FANTASTIC FOUR #21-24. 96 PGS./All Ages...$6.99 * * * SPIDER-GIRL PRESENTS THE BUZZ & DARKDEVIL DIGEST Written by TOM DEFALCO & RON FRENZ Penciled by RON FRENZ When crime, cults, and clones collide, the result is Darkdevil, son of one great Marvel hero and heir to another! Peer into the future's past to see Spider-Girl's ill-mannered mentor face the mortal machinations of the Kingpin and the more mystical ones of Zarathos, one-time Ghost Rider! But the bold and bombastic Buzz has no time for legacies when he sets his brand-new super-suit against Doctor Octopus and his latest student! Twin tales of Spider-Girl's strongest allies and harshest critics, guest-starring the one true Spider-Girl herself! Collecting THE BUZZ #1-3 and DARKDEVIL #1-3. 112 PGS./All Ages...$7.99 * * * HULK AND POWER PACK: PACK SMASH! DIGEST Written by MARC SUMERAK, PAUL TOBIN, & CHRIS GIARUSSO Penciled by DAVID WILLIAMS, ANDY KUHN & CHRIS GIARUSSO Power Pack couldn't be more excited to meet their father's new colleague, the world-famous Dr. Bruce Banner. But when the kids find themselves trapped in the tunnels beneath Manhattan by the Absorbing Man, they find out what happens when the good doctor gets angry! Get ready to go gamma as a brand-new team-up begins here! Collecting HULK/POWER PACK #1-4. 96 PGS./All Ages...$6.99 TRADE PAPERBACKS ULTIMATE X-MEN ULTIMATE COLLECTION BOOK 2 TPB Written by MARK MILLAR with CHUCK AUSTEN Penciled by ADAM KUBERT, CHRIS BACHALO, ESAD RIBIC & KAARE ANDREWS New Cover by MARK BROOKS Collecting the second year of Mark Millar's groundbreaking ULTIMATE X-MEN - issues #13-25 - in one colossal trade paperback! As the X-Men embark on their inaugural world tour, they must confront some unsettling truths about their mentor, Professor Charles Xavier. Before founding his school for young mutants, Xavier abandoned his only son, David, a mutant with uncontrollable reality-warping abilities. Now, David has returned, looking to exact revenge on the father who left him - and he's willing to eradicate anyone who stands in his way. Will the X-Men be forced to kill Xavier's son to end his threat against the world? Following the tragedies of their world tour, the X-Men seek the calming protection of Xavier's school - but their suspicions of his methods only increase. Xavier's mental blocks on student Jean Grey's psychic abilities continue to crumble, and she grows increasingly unstable - plagued by visions of a world engulfed in the flames of a fiery phoenix. When the X-Men finally meet Xavier's mysterious financial backers, Jean's hallucinations become reality as the otherworldly Phoenix takes possession of the teenage telepath. Also included in this volume is a bonus tale of Gambit, a Cajun street hustler who must use his mutant gifts to protect a homeless boy in great danger. 336 PGS./Rated T+ ...$24.99 * * * ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN VOL. 17: CLONE SAGA TPB Written by BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS Penciled by MARK BAGLEY As Peter Parker tries to sort out his relationship with the X-Men's Kitty Pryde - and continue his friendship with Mary Jane - a mall-food-court lunch turns into a free-for-all as Peter and MJ are interrupted by the debut of...the Ultimate Scorpion! But who is the Scorpion - and what sinister conspiracy is threatening Spider-Man's very existence? The clues have been laid over the past 96 issues...and it all starts to come together here, as we begin the most shocking, most mind-blowing Spider-Man story ever published! Collecting ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN #97-105. 224 PGS./Rated A...$24.99 * * * IRON MAN: DIRECTOR OF S.H.I.E.L.D. Written by DANIEL KNAUF & CHARLIE KNAUF Penciled by PATRICK ZIRCHER Cover by ADI GRANOV Tony Stark, director of S.H.I.E.L.D. It's day one of a new role for Tony as he takes up the mantle of the missing Nick Fury to lead S.H.I.E.L.D. into the 21st century! But what does this mean for the future of Iron Man? Collecting IRON MAN #15-18 and featuring comprehensive profiles of Iron Man and S.H.I.E.L.D! Also reprinting the first appearance of S.H.I.E.L.D. in STRANGE TALES #135; and IRON MAN #129 in which Tony Stark avoids a hostile takeover of Stark International by S.H.I.E.L.D. 144 PGS./Rated A... $14.99 * * * NEW AVENGERS VOL. 5: CIVIL WAR TPB Written by BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS Penciled by HOWARD CHAYKIN, PASQUAL FERRY, OLIVIER COIPEL, LEINIL FRANCIS YU & JIM CHEUNG The Civil War is on, and no book will be more affected than New Avengers. You think Marvel would never mess with its top-selling book? Wrong! The Avengers are about to go to war over their beliefs, and the shake-up will shock you. Each stand-alone story in this volume is illustrated by a genuine comics superstar! Collecting NEW AVENGERS #21-25. 120 PGS./Rated A...$14.99 * * * X-23: TARGET X TPB Written by CRAIG KYLE & CHRISTOPHER YOST Penciled by MIKE CHOI Because you demanded it! Superstar Top Cow artist Mike Choi joins the team as X-23 returns! Having escaped the Facility that created her, X-23 struggles to create a real life for herself. But when your entire life has been about death and destruction, can you ever really escape the darkness? The rest of the story begins here, and won't end until X-23 faces off with the one man most responsible for her life: Wolverine! Collecting X-23: TARGET X #1-6. 144 PGS./Parental Advisory...$15.99 * * * CABLE & DEADPOOL VOL. 7: SEPARATION ANXIETY TPB Written by FABIAN NICIEZA Penciled by REILLY BROWN Cover by PATRICK ZIRCHER Deadpool has decided to face the skeletons in his closet, dive deep into that dark void he calls a soul and rattle things up a bit. First order of business: Taskmaster. Second order of business: a knock-down drag-out BRAWL! Plus: The aftermath of the X-Men's battle against the Hecatomb has cost Cable a huge chunk of his island paradise of Providence and an even bigger slice of his soul. With all his hopes for the future of the planet Earth in jeopardy, now would be a pretty bad time for a reunion with Deadpool, wouldn't it? And an even worse time for... an assassination! Collecting CABLE & DEADPOOL #36-42. 176 PGS./Rated T+...$17.99 * * * GHOST RIDER VOL. 2: THE LIFE & DEATH OF JOHNNY BLAZE TPB Written by DANIEL WAY Penciled by RICHARD CORBEN, JAVIER SALTARES & MARK TEXEIRA Cover by ARTHUR SUYDAM How did Johnny Blaze end up in Hell, anyway? It's simple, really: He died. And when he died, his eternal soul -- long promised to Hell in exchange for "saving" Crash Simpson -- descended into the Pit, taking the Ghost Rider along with it. This is the story of how and why it all happened, courtesy of writer Daniel Way and horror-comic legend Richard Corben. Plus: In a small town northeast of Chicago, people are losing their heads...literally. The sheriff of this sleepy little town firmly believes he's found the culprit -- a scruffy drifter found sleeping in the bushes with blood on his clothes and no believable explanation for where he was and what he was doing when the murders occurred. He even gave the sheriff a fake name: "Johnny Blaze." But the identity of the true culprit is even more macabre: Lucifer has taken up residence in a new host -- a casualty of Civil War who's bound to raise eyebrows! Collecting GHOST RIDER #6-11. 144 PGS./Rated T+...$13.99 * * * WISDOM: RUDIMENTS OF WISDOM TPB Written by PAUL CORNELL Penciled by TREVOR HAIRSINE & MANUEL GARCIA Pete Wisdom has a lot of fairies to kill. Yes, fairies are supposed to be nice and magical and charming, but they are currently attacking England. Hugo Award nominee Paul Cornell (BBC's Dr. Who and Robin Hood) brings you a sci-fi mini-series unlike anything you've seen before! Collecting WISDOM #1-6. 144 PGS./Explicit Content...$21.99 * * * HEROES FOR HIRE VOL. 2: AHEAD OF THE CURVE TPB Written by JUSTIN GRAY, JIMMY PALMIOTTI & ZEB WELLS Penciled by AL RIO Cover by BILLY TUCCI Marvel's strangest team of heroes find themselves trapped in the hull of a ship with a bomb as the Grim Reaper plans to blow up the Statue of Liberty and take the Heroes for Hire with it! But why? What nefarious plan could he have up his sleeve? He's evil so does it matter? He has to be stopped! Also, someone dies! No kidding. As if that wasn't enough, here comes the return of villains no one asked for! THE HORRIFIC HEADMEN have a special surprise for the hapless Humbug! Collecting HEROES FOR HIRE #6-10 120 PGS./Rated T+...$13.99 * * * THUNDERBOLTS PRESENTS: ZEMO - BORN BETTER TPB Written by FABIAN NICIEZA Penciled by TOM GRUMMETT He is the last of thirteen, taught for his entire life that he was born better. A Zemo by blood is a superior person. So then why has he always failed? Now, having been sent hurtling through time, Baron Helmut Zemo will have a chance to encounter the truth of his family as it happened in the past -- when he comes face-to-face with the first of his family line, the legendary Baron Harbin Zemo! But how much of what we know of our family history is truth and how much has been embellished by the perspective of time? Can Zemo find a way to escape his situation, or will he choose to stay trapped in time if it means preventing his family lineage from a legacy of failure? Collecting THUNDERBOLTS PRESENTS: ZEMO - BORN BETTER #1-4. 96 PGS./Rated T+...$10.99 * * * PARADISE X VOL. 2 TPB (NEW PRINTING) Written by JIM KRUEGER & ALEX ROSS Penciled BY DOUGIE BRAITHWAITE, STEVE SADOWSKI, THOMAS YEATES & ALEX ROSS Cover by ALEX ROSS The epic, visionary EARTH X saga concludes. Will the Heroes of Earth be able to solve the problems of the Paradise they helped create? Will their quest for a new Death entity succeed so the pain and suffering of the world's population ceases? Collecting PARADISE X #6-12, RAGNAROK, DEVILS, A, X. 352 PGS./Rated T+...$29.99 * * * WOMEN OF MARVEL VOL. 2 TPB Written by ROY THOMAS, CHRIS CLAREMONT, TERRY AUSTIN, MARK GRUENWALD, & STEVE ENGLEHART Penciled by JOHN BUSCEMA, PAUL SMITH, BRET BLEVINS, CARMINE INFANTINO, JOHN ROMITA JR. RICK LEONARD, MARK SILVESTRI, RICHARD HOWELL, & DAN LAWLIS Cover by MIKE MAYHEW More classic tales of Marvel's leading ladies! Featuring Kitty Pryde, Black Cat, Dagger, Spider-Woman, Tigra, Jubilee and more! Collecting AVENGERS #83, STRANGE TALES #10-11, SPIDER-WOMAN #10, WEST COAST AVENGERS #15, visions & the Scarlet Witch #12, Uncanny X-Men #168, 189, 201, & 218 232 PGS./Rated A...$24.99 * * * D.P.7 CLASSIC VOL.1 TPB Written by MARK GRUENWALD Penciled by PAUL RYAN The Gru tackled the New and it's here for you! Before his history-making work on Captain America and Quasar, Mark Gruenwald helped build the New Universe from the ground up with an outcast cast of Seven Displaced Paranormals on a quest leading them into urban legends, domestic disasters, and teen terror! Super-speed, super-strength, and superlative action from the creator of the ground-breaking Squadron Supreme miniseries! It's an out-of-body experience you can't miss! Collecting D.P.7 #1-9. 224 PGS./Rated A...$24.99 * * * THOR VISIONARIES: WALTER SIMONSON VOL. 4 TPB Written by WALTER SIMONSON Penciled by SAL BUSCEMA Balder the Brave, Thor's brother in all but blood, undergoes his own gauntlet of gods and giants -- earning the love of witch-queen Karnilla and the throne of Asgard! Meanwhile, on Midgard, Thor finds an era-hopping authoritarian officer racing him to defeat an old enemy possessed by an even older evil! Plus: Sabretooth and the Marauders! All with Walt Simonson's trademarks: epic sensibilities, godly grandeur and talking frogs! Verily! Collecting THOR #371-374 and BALDER THE BRAVE #1-4. 192 PGS./Rated A...$24.99 ESSENTIALS ESSENTIAL DAREDEVIL VOL. 4 TPB Written by GERRY CONWAY, GARY FRIEDRICH, STEVE GERBER & STEVE ENGLEHART Penciled by GENE COLAN, BARRY SMITH, ALAN WEISS, SAM KWESKIN, SYD SHORES & DON HECK Cover by RICH BUCKLER Who else but Marvel would set up a robot from the future to play matchmaker for a femme fatale and the Man Without Fear? Mister Kline's android-laden efforts steer Daredevil and the Black Widow together for a trial whose tribulations could mean the end of the fabled Nelson and Murdock partnership! Then the redman and the lady in black relocate to the City of the Golden Gates, but that's not Cupid aiming at them: It's Hawkeye the Marksman! Plus sagas of savagery in South America, indestructible intrigue, and cosmic conflicts with both sides against the Earth! Also featuring the Purple Man, Electro, the Owl, the Gladiator, and more from Daredevil's enclave of enemies! Guest-starring Spider-Man, Namor the Sub-Mariner and the Avengers! Collecting DAREDEVIL #75-101 and AVENGERS #111. 600 PGS./Rated A...$16.99 * * * ESSENTIAL DAZZLER VOL. 1 TPB Written by CHRIS CLAREMONT, JOHN BYRNE, MARV WOLFMAN, TOM DEFALCO & DANNY FINGEROTH Penciled by JOHN BYRNE, KEITH POLLARD, MIKE ESPOSITO, JOHN ROMITA, JR., WALT SIMONSON, ALAN KUPPERBERG, FRANK SPRINGER & VINCE COLLETTA Cover by BOB LARKIN Disco may be dead, but Marvel's dynamic diva never says "die!" Beginning as a co-star with the X-Men and Spider-Man, Alison Blaire moved into a world of villains new and old, facing gangsters, gods and Galactus without skipping a beat! Plus: the Inhumans, the Hellfire Club and Project: PEGASUS! World saving, space travel, intrigue and romance in the ultimate disco mix! Guest-starring most of Marvel's heroes, including Spider-Woman and She-Hulk! Collecting DAZZLER #1-21, UNCANNY X-MEN #130-131 and AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #203. 552 PGS./Rated A...$16.99 DABEL BROTHERS COLLECTIONS HEDGE KNIGHT TPB Written by GEORGE R. R. MARTIN Adapted by BEN AVERY Pencils and Cover by MIKE S. MILLER A century before the events of New York Times bestselling author George R. R. Martin's epic series, A Song of Ice and Fire, a squire named Dunk picks up the sword and shield of his dead master and enters a tournament to begin his career as a knight. But "Ser Duncan" has much to learn about this world of knights and nobles, and as he attempts to find a sponsor who will allow him to enter the tournament, he makes friends and enemies readily. Dunk is a capable fighter and has a strong sense of honor, but is that enough to become a true knight in the eyes of the others? Or is he just a young man living a delusion and putting those he knows in grave danger? Adapted from the popular novella by George R. R. Martin, and so beloved by fans and critics alike for its deep storytelling and breathtaking visuals that the first edition became one of the best-selling graphic novels of 2004! 168 PGS./Rated T+...$14.99